AmazonIdentityManagementServiceClient.AttachUserPolicy Method (AttachUserPolicyRequest)

Attaches the specified managed policy to the specified user.

You use this operation to attach a managed policy to a user. To embed an inline policy in a user, use PutUserPolicy.

As a best practice, you can validate your IAM policies. To learn more, see Validating IAM policies in the IAM User Guide.

For more information about policies, see Managed policies and inline policies in the IAM User Guide.

Note:

For .NET Core this operation is only available in asynchronous form. Please refer to AttachUserPolicyAsync.

Namespace: Amazon.IdentityManagement
Assembly: AWSSDK.IdentityManagement.dll
Version: 3.x.y.z

Syntax

public virtual AttachUserPolicyResponse AttachUserPolicy(
         AttachUserPolicyRequest request
)

Parameters

request: Type: Amazon.IdentityManagement.Model.AttachUserPolicyRequest

Container for the necessary parameters to execute the AttachUserPolicy service method.

Return Value

Type: AttachUserPolicyResponse

The response from the AttachUserPolicy service method, as returned by IdentityManagementService.

Exceptions

Exception	Condition
InvalidInputException	The request was rejected because an invalid or out-of-range value was supplied for an input parameter.
LimitExceededException	The request was rejected because it attempted to create resources beyond the current Amazon Web Services account limits. The error message describes the limit exceeded.
NoSuchEntityException	The request was rejected because it referenced a resource entity that does not exist. The error message describes the resource.
PolicyNotAttachableException	The request failed because Amazon Web Services service role policies can only be attached to the service-linked role for that service.
ServiceFailureException	The request processing has failed because of an unknown error, exception or failure.

Examples

The following command attaches the AWS managed policy named AdministratorAccess to the IAM user named Alice.

To attach a managed policy to an IAM user


var client = new AmazonIdentityManagementServiceClient();
var response = client.AttachUserPolicy(new AttachUserPolicyRequest 
{
    PolicyArn = "arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AdministratorAccess",
    UserName = "Alice"
});

Version Information

.NET Framework:
Supported in: 4.5, 4.0, 3.5

AmazonIdentityManagementServiceClient.AttachUserPolicy (AttachUserPolicyRequest)

Method